Brady and McManus shine for Larne AC

Rhonda Brady and Heather Baxter joined over 100 participants at ECOS parkrun - a weekly 5km time-trial held within the confines of the ECOS Park in Ballymena. Rhonda secured an excellent eighth-place finish overall after running 21:31. This was enough to win the ladies’ category. Heather also performed well, especially when her recent marathon training and the associated high mileage is taken into consideration. She recorded 24:18 to finish in 27th place overall (third in ladies category).

Six Larne runners made the trip to Dundalk on Sunday for the Sportsman Duathlon. The event saw 195 competitors complete a two-mile run, a 10-mile Cycle, before finishing with another two-mile run.

Mark McManus, who was recently selected to represent his country at international level, led the Larne AC athletes home in 54:43 (sixth place). Talented veteran, David Clarke (56:09) just pipped long-serving club member Dan Spencer (56:11) to the post. They finished in 14th place and 15th place respectively. Adele Neill made a welcome return to competitive action after injury and just missed a podium place in the ladies’ category. Her 1:00:56 finish time meant she was 46th place overall and fourth place lady.

James Robinson, a recent addition to the club’s strong Duathlon/Triathlon group produced an excellent performance, completing the distance in 1:01:32 (55th place). Jenny Magill (1:08:59) also put in a strong performance to finish in 127th place overall (11th place lady).